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White_Shadow wrote:
I understand your point of view, but I don't see why it makes a difference that it was a) not the best penalty and b) in a friendly. Would it have been more acceptable if he had smashed it into the top corner? And surely the best arena to try odd or difficult techniques is in a game that doesn't count towards anything?

That *would* have made a difference, yeah - because then it would actually have been something which could potentially be used in a real game, instead of a half-arsed novelty-trick.

And the best way to practise difficult penalties is on the training pitch, where your shits and giggles don't make the keeper look like a massive idiot in front of the crowd.

FWB wrote:
I liked running past the keeper, getting to the goal line and flicking the ball up to head it in. Or if I had more time, getting down on my hands and knees and nudging it in with my nose.

Haha, everyone used to do that. I remember one kid doing it, and a defender got back and tried to clear it, and ended up accidentally booting the guy square in the face.

Despite doing it myself, I call that karma.

Nobody gave a fuck anyway. The lad just got up and carried on, everyone else pissed themselves laughing at him. Everyone gets so sensitive when they get older.

Aye. I suspect if you're moaning about it you've never played football before. Nobody takes it personally or sees it as anything more than a bit of fun. Even funnier if you mess it up. Remember the Gooners trying to pull off some trick penalty? If you're whining about it, where do you draw the line? Is a dink over the keeper, rather than calmly slotting it in on a one-on-one showing off and deemed to be an arsehole thing to do?

The back heel was a good tactic. It confused the keeper, breaking his concentrating and letting a relatively weak "kick" in.

I love watching the older players at Wilmbledon. They're always trying trick shots. Guess they must be arseholes though. How dare they entertain me.

@Flightrisker. You sensitive soul, you. We should ban celebrations too then. They're definitely wind ups. That Icelandic team with their comical celebrations? Ban them from football for life! And their families, in case they try it.

I never once felt any worse because someone pulled a trick against me that wasn't necessary. Guess some people are precious.

You're obsessed with the keeper being humiliated for some reason, when you have no idea how he feels....the only person that seemed angry was the coach, saying its unprofessional.(oh and you)

It's no different from a dink, chip, sent the wrong way, megged......I don't think the keeper feels particularly great about them happening to him either.

Just fucking man up and enjoy yourself, you don't have to over analise every little thing, you seem to boil discussions down to an inevitably tedious conclusion every time.

Relax and enjoy yourself, I'm sure the keepers feelings are still intact and he hasn't killed himself.

Oh do fuck off. I started by simply saying that I thought the player was a twat and that he should be fined for acting in an unsportsmanlike way. Only reason I'm still here is because of the "oi, e wuz juz' 'avin a larf innit!"-brigade showed up.

And yes, it is very much different from a dink, chip, meg, etc. etc. For reasons which I've now spent two pages trying to explain, and only gotten the aforementioned "lighten up guv!" argument return.

You thought it was cool and a bit of lighthearted fun, I thought he acted like a attentionwhoring prat to the cost of the opposing team - fair play. His actions aren't the end of the world, but if FIFA shouldn't interfere when it sees players acting against the spirit of the game, what are they good for?

And if this debate annoys you so much, I'd kindly suggest that you piss off.